Earth's Van Allen radiation belts: From discovery to the Van Allen Probes era

W Li, MK Hudson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Discovery of the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts by instruments flown on Explorer 1 in 1958
was the first major discovery of the Space Age. The observation of distinct inner and outer …

Energetic electron precipitation driven by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves from ELFIN's low altitude perspective

V Angelopoulos, XJ Zhang, AV Artemyev… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
We review comprehensive observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave-
driven energetic electron precipitation using data collected by the energetic electron …

Science objectives and rationale for the radiation belt storm probes mission

BH Mauk, NJ Fox, SG Kanekal, RL Kessel… - The van Allen probes …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission addresses how
populations of high energy charged particles are created, vary, and evolve in space …

Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus

RM Thorne, W Li, B Ni, Q Ma, J Bortnik, L Chen… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Recent analysis of satellite data obtained during the 9 October 2012 geomagnetic storm
identified the development of peaks in electron phase space density, which are compelling …

Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) mass spectrometer for the radiation belt storm probes mission

HO Funsten, RM Skoug, AA Guthrie… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
The HOPE mass spectrometer of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission (renamed
the Van Allen Probes) is designed to measure the in situ plasma ion and electron fluxes over …

Source and seed populations for relativistic electrons: Their roles in radiation belt changes

AN Jaynes, DN Baker, HJ Singer… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Strong enhancements of outer Van Allen belt electrons have been shown to have a clear
dependence on solar wind speed and on the duration of southward interplanetary magnetic …

Particle dynamics in the Earth's radiation belts: Review of current research and open questions

JF Ripoll, SG Claudepierre… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade transformed our observational understanding of energetic particle
processes in near‐Earth space. An unprecedented suite of observational systems was in …

The ELFIN mission

V Angelopoulos, E Tsai, L Bingley, C Shaffer… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Electron Loss and Fields Investigation with a Spatio-Temporal Ambiguity-
Resolving option (ELFIN-STAR, or heretoforth simply: ELFIN) mission comprises two …

Radiation belt electron acceleration by chorus waves during the 17 March 2013 storm

W Li, RM Thorne, Q Ma, B Ni, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Local acceleration driven by whistler‐mode chorus waves is fundamentally important for
accelerating seed electron populations to highly relativistic energies in the outer radiation …

Jets downstream of collisionless shocks

F Plaschke, H Hietala, M Archer, X Blanco-Cano… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
The magnetosheath flow may take the form of large amplitude, yet spatially localized,
transient increases in dynamic pressure, known as “magnetosheath jets” or “plasmoids” …